Package-holder for bicycles



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Y PACKAGE. HOLDER FOR BIGYGLBS. No. 441,679. Patented Dec. 2,1890.

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FRANK LYNAM, OF LITTLE ROCK, ARKANSAS.

PACKAGE-HOLDER FOR BICYCLES.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 441,679, dated December 2, 1890.

i Application. filed September 20, 1890. Serial No. 365,594. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, FRANK LYNAM, a citizen of the United States, residing at Little Rock, in the county of Pulaski and State of Arkansas, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Package-Iflolders for Bicycles; and I do declare the following` to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention7 such as will enable others skilled in the artto which it appertains to make and use the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, and to the letters of reference lnarked'thereon, which form a part of this specication.

My invention has relation to adjustable package and basket carriers for bicycles; and it consists in the novel construction and arrangement of its parts.

In the accompanying drawing the figure represents a perspective View of part of the handle-bar and head of the fork of a bicycle with my invention attached thereto.

My invention is described as follows: I take a wire A, with the two ends welded together, and wrap it about the handle-bar and forkhead in the manner as shown, with elbows a and coil-springs a in the horizontal extensions a2. Said extensions are connected bya cross-piece a3, which may be secured thereto in any suitable manner. At points am of the wire A is attached the lower ends of the braces B, the other ends of which are secured about midway between the elbows a and the springs a of the extensions a2. Said braces are provided with coils b, which tend to give some elasticity to said extensions a2. Said wire A has also at y a clasp C, one end of which iits closely around said wire and the other is bent in the -shape of a hook, so that it can be brought over and caught around the opposite portion of said wire. Said clasp is provided with a lug c, by which it may be unclasped with ease. When it is desired to carry a basket, the part a4 of the wire A is slightly raised. Then the handle of the basket is placed in the elbows a and the part a4 allowed to drop,

which will keep the handle of said basket from jolting out of said elbows. In like manner other packages may be carried, and umbrellas, canes, and lthe like may be carried in this device.

As a modiication I may dispense with the braces B and the clasp C, or with either, retaining the other.

I-Iaving described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

1. In combination with a bicycle, the wire A, wrapped about the handle-bar and forkhead, as shown., and having the extensions a2, elbows a, and coil-springs a, cross-piece a3, and lap a4, substantially as shown and described, and for the purposes set forth.

2. In combination with a bicycle, the wire A, wrapped about the handle-bar and forkhead, as shown, and having the extensions a2, elbows a, and coil-springs a', cross-piece as, and lap a4, and braces B, adapted to support the extensions a2, substantially as shown and described, and for the purposes set forth.

3. In combination with a bicycle, the wire A, wrapped about the handle-bar and forkhead, as shown, and having the extensions a2, elbows a, and coil-springs a, cross-piece a3, and lap a4, braces B, adapted to support the extensions a2, and clasp C, adapted to operate as described, all substantially as shown and described, and for the purposes set forth.

4. In combination with a bicycle, the wire A, wrapped about the handle-bar and forkhead, as shown, and having the extensions a2,

elbows ce, and coil-springs a', cross-piece as,

and lap a4, and clasp C, adapted to operate as described, all substantially as shown and described, and for the purposes set forth.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature in. presence of two witnesses.

FRANK LYN AM.

Witnesses: l

FRED RossNER, GEO. S. JONES. 

